Victorian Era Literary Giants Quiz

Victorian Era

• The Victorian era took place during the reign of Queen Victoria.

Literary Genres

• The leading literary genre in English during the Victorian era was the novel.

Art Movements

• The period characterized by inward focus and abstract expression was the Aesthetic Movement.

Authors and Their Works

• Charles Dickens wrote about the dehumanizing effects of the Industrial Revolution and the 'Mechanical Age'.
• Elizabeth Gaskell wrote about child labor and used a masculine pseudonym.
• Charles Dickens addressed social problems such as wealth disparity using humor and an approachable tone.
• Thomas Hardy used his novels to question religion and social structures during the Victorian era.
• Thomas Hardy wrote Under the Greenwood Tree.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins' work was published posthumously in 1918.
• Oscar Wilde wrote The Importance of Being Earnest.
• George Eliot wrote Middlemarch.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins drew inspiration from verse forms of Old English poetry such as Beowulf.
• George Eliot wrote The Mill on the Floss.
• Oscar Wilde's plays anticipate some of the themes of later poets such as the Georgian Poetry of the early 20th century.
• Charles Dickens is considered the most famous Victorian novelist.
• Alfred, Lord Tennyson is known for his works like 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' and 'Ulysses'.
• Oscar Wilde is known for his plays like 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and 'An Ideal Husband'.
• 'Oliver Twist' was NOT written by Charles Dickens in the 1850s.
• Emily Brontë wrote the novel 'Wuthering Heights'.
• 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' is NOT a novel written by Charles Dickens in the 1850s.
• Elizabeth Gaskell is known for depicting a more middle-class society than Charles Dickens did.
• Christina Rossetti is now regarded as a stronger poet than Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

Theatre and Drama

• Farce competed with Shakespeare productions and serious drama during the Victorian period.
• 'Charley's Aunt' achieved a record of 1,362 consecutive performances in 1892.
• Arthur Wing Pinero was the leading poet and dramatist of the late Victorian period after W.S. Gilbert.

Children's Literature

• Lewis Carroll is credited with 'inventing childhood'.
• 'Treasure Island' is now generally classified as a children's novel, despite being written mainly for adults.
• Fantasy was a genre of literature that required a childlike interest during the Victorian period.
• Thomas Hughes wrote the classic school story 'Tom Brown's Schooldays'.
• The growth industry of literature for young people during the Victorian period was led by the rise of compulsory education.